KONIGSSEE, Germany (AP) — Latvia’s Martins Dukurs clinched his fifth straight overall World Cup men’s skeleton championship with a win in Saturday’s final race this season.
Dukurs also won the sport’s “Triple Trophy” after posting the fastest time in every heat over the season’s final three races, earning him a bonus of about $137,000. His winning time Saturday was 1 minute, 40.83 seconds, edging his brother Tomass Dukurs by 0.82 seconds. Frank Rommel of Germany was third.
For the U.S., Matt Antoine finished fourth, missing a medal by 0.16 seconds. John Daly finished 12th and Kyle Tress was 16th in the head-first slide down the track.
The huge bonus payout came with relative ease, even though the track record had been broken twice in just a few minutes before Martins Dukurs’ final slide. Tomass Dukurs made it down the track in 50.53 seconds, 0.13 seconds better than his brother’s first run.
